Law Applicable to Integral Parts in Turkish Private International Law and the Special Situation of Integral Parts Which Do Not Lose Their Essential Characteristics Under Art. 19/2 of the FFFK

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This article addresses the proprietary status of integral parts in private international law, focusing on the exception created by Article 19/2 of the Financial Leasing, Factoring, Financing and Savings Financing Companies Law to the rule that no separate real right may be established over an integral part apart from the principal thing. In the setting of transactions with a foreign element, it examines whether integral parts that retain their essential character can keep a separate property status, whether their characterisation should follow the lex fori or the regime for rights in rem under Articles 21 and 22 of the Turkish Private International Law Code, and whether Article 19/2 qualifies as a directly applicable mandatory rule.